An omnibus account is a securities account in which all actions of all customers are grouped into one account , for this reason, also called global account. Brokers use omnibus accounts that can manage client portfolios more efecientemente, leaving the broker client relationship bilaterally. These types of accounts are mainly used in government bond markets in the international markets and the global brokers .

First, operate through an omnibus account is a savings transaction costs between the broker and the foreigners or the corresponding bags intermediaries . Consequently, this saves costs and therefore benefits the customer because the cost of transactions is cheaper.

Second, assets may be the name of a subsidiary of the broker, thus assets are separated from what the assets and liabilities of the broker. Therefore, if the broker went bankrupt, the assets will be supported and the client can recover without too much trouble .

Market omnibus accounts are frequently used by brokers to manage the portfolio of its customers  more effectively, for example by giving access to their clients to different markets from one account without having to open an account on behalf of the client each entity to execute an operation or each deposit market value. Thus the entity  assumes the counterparty risk with third parties without remove to its customers , being the entity solely responsible for its customers.

Now that the monopoly on the platforms connecting the various bags is coming to an end, brokers can seek best execution for its clients distributing their orders by different execution platforms, for example SIBE (BME), Deutsche Borse, Turquoise Chi-X. In order to offer customers this type of operation omnibus accounts it is also necessary.

Before you hire an omnibus account, you should know that this type of account also involve risks for invesor . With this type of account, we must rely on the good faith of the broker and believe he is doing a good management. In the event that the entity with which we signed the omnibus account is close to bankruptcy, they can be produced fraudulent attempt to save the company and consequently behavior hurt the customer. It should be noted that these accounts are opened in the name of the entity , but the capital of the account is the client and that in any case the entity may operate or dispose of that capital without customer authorization. 

The operational risk must also be taken into account because the failure of an investor could harm the whole of the holders of securities or financial instruments held in such global account . It may be the case that the omnibus account holder does not have sufficient funds to provide cash amounts , so that the rest of the global account holders have to suffer losses caused by the failure of the other party.

In Spain, one of the brokers offering its customers omnibus account is ClickTrade , the online broker of Auriga Global Investors Sociedad de Valores SA, registered with the CNMV and member of the Guarantee Fund Investors (FOGAIN) . 

Through its online platform, customers can operate with an omnibus account in the following assets:

Many investors are betting on the account ClickTrade bus through Saxo Bank platform  with commissions :

Hi Joan

I’m finding out on omnibus bills but not what brokers offer these accounts. Is only ClickTrade or more brokers? What do you think about DEGIRO?

Salu2!

Everything you buy with brokers International are omnibus accounts. I do not like omnibus accounts in very corrupt countries.

I agree with you Futurama!

Everything you buy is internationally an omnibus account. From what I’ve read in forums there are people who do not like this type of account for the risks involving the investor and others who operating with omnibus account.

Regarding the brokers that offer omnibus account, ClickTrade , DEGIRO and XTB operate with this account. Degiro operates omnibus account with options , futures , ETFs and stocks.

Regards!

Personally the problem itself is not the Omnibus account because all countries use it , the problem is the country that manages this account is not the same Denmark is one of the least corrupt countries in the world to an omnibus account that you manage a country like Spain is that it is the most corrupt West.

I mean, if habres an omnibus account in Spain is to be crazy because it is the most corrupt country after Russia!

Thanks for your comment.

Regards!

Just ask those who lost everything with Gescartera which unfortunately have known to see what you think, or those of Interdin that have all the earmarks of losing everything.

The Omnibus Accounts although they have their risk of fraud if funds are not spared.

Will they become all accounts of brokers bus with the new legislation?

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